Mine is to to keep chocolate in the fridge. It’s a lot crunchier and has more chocolate taste.
Do that thing you want to do but keep pushing ahead because you don’t know if you’ll be able to do it in the future.
Speaking from experience. Illness is a bummer.
- Read your employee handbook. It’s boring but let me tell you a story why.
Our handbook stated in bad weather we could use a personal day. No questions asked.
Our team required 24/7 coverage.
I called my boss, asked him if I could work from home due to the bad weather. He said no. I then stated I will be taking a personal day then. He said that I could work from home then. I didn’t have to risk my life or vehicle getting into work.
- Be aware of maintaining your mental health. You can’t get it back. I wish I did things differently years ago. Now I’m a walking ball of crippling nonsensical anxiety issues.
If you are plunging a sink, make sure you either use duct tape to cover over the overflow hole, or you plug it with a wet rag.
In the case of a double sink, make sure the other side is plugged.
Otherwise all you’re doing is pushing air back and forth through this overflow/2nd drain, and you’re not actually forcing the clog out.
When you need to melt cold butter in a pan, don’t break out the knife or try to chip off a shard, just put it face down on the pan and let the appropriate amount melt.
This requires that you keep a small ring of the foil on the base (for convenience and clean hands) but it’s easy to do that once you get into the habit.
Read the entire error message, then look it up, before asking for help.
